YAYA OK BEING CITY GRANDPA
SPURS Appearances ..................................... 146 Minutes .......................................... 11907 Goals ..................................................... 42 Minutes/goal ................................ 283.5 Shots on target ................................. 161 Shots off target ................................. 161 Blocked shots ..................................... 113 Shooting accuracy ........................ 50% Shots to goal conversion rate . 13.04 Assists .................................................. 20 Chances created ............................. 272 Total passes .................................. 4663 Pass accuracy ......................... 76.24% Crosses & corners ......................... 1021 Cross & corner accuracy ..... 23.02% Tackles made ................................... 220 Tackles won ....................................... 163 Duels .................................................. 1771 Duels won ......................................... 880 Clearances ........................................ 295 Blocks ..................................................... 18 Fouls made .......................................... 86 Fouls won ............................................ 218 Offsides ................................................. 30 Yellow cards .......................................... 15 Red cards ................................................. 1 Touches ........................................... 8987 Dribbles attempted ......................... 614 Dribbles completed ....................... 250 Dribbles success rate ........... 40.72% CLUB HONOURS Real Madrid UEFA Champions League: 2013–14, 2015–16 Copa del Rey: 2013–14 FI FIFA Club World Cup: 2014 4 UEFA S Superuper Cup: 2014 INDIVIDUA L HONOURS ONOURS FAW Young Player of the Year: 2007 Tottenham Hotspur Young Pl Playerayer of the Yea Year: 2009–10, 2010–11 Welsh Footballer of the Year: 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year: 2010 BBC Wales Carwyn James Junior Sportsman of the Year: 2006 Premier League PFA Team of the Year: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13 PFA Players’ Playe Player of the Year: 2010–11, 2012–13 PFA Young Player of the Year: 2012–13 FWA Footballer of the Year: 2012–13 ESM Team of the Year: 2013 UEFA Team of the Year: 2011, 2013 Premier League Player of the Month: April 2 2010, January 2012, February 2013 The Football Manager Team of the Decade: 2015. UEFA Champions League Squad of the Season: 2015–16 REAL 96 7513 54 139.13 125 139 59 47.35% 20.45 33 163 2753 78.39% 329 17.02% 72 56 928 467 39 12 67 94 61 10 1 4575 416 183 43.99%
the group, they need to FORGET being the daddy, keep going. If we want to Yaya Toure is Manchester win silverware this year, or City’s grandpa. maybe two trophies, we
Pep Guardiola calls Toure have to continue playing grandpa because he is the like this, and winning.” old hand among his outfield Raheem Sterling and players and the midfielder Leroy Sane cheekily call will be 34 a week before Toure uncle and the Ivorian the season ends. star says he’s not too old to
Toure laughed when he put them in their place. first heard his new “They call me uncle, and nickname and says he is that just makes me want to happy to pass on his beat them in training,” he experience to his younger smiled. team-mates. “Sometimes when I’m
“It’s good to keep going training and I’m in front of and set an example to the them, I say, ‘Uncle’s in front, younger players,” said the you need to follow me or former Barcelona star. pass to me.’
“I say to them all the “But it’s fine, it’s all good. time at training, ‘When I I have a lot of respect for was younger like you, I the team. carried on playing, game “The atmosphere is after game’. fantastic at the moment
“They say, ‘No’ and I say, and that’s why you see the ‘Look at me in 2010-11, I was team winning. playing all the games “We have that winning non-stop’. mentality and the team is
“Even if the manager starting to get it. We are in said to me to have a rest, I a good moment and we said ‘No’. That’s positive for want to continue like this.” RESULTS & FIXTURES Ipswich v Wolves Nottm Forest v Brentford QPR v Barnsley Reading v Newcastle (8) Rotherham v Brighton Sheff Wed v Burton Albion Sky Bet League One Charlton v Scunthorpe Oxford Utd v Sheffield Utd Walsall v Chesterfield Sky Bet League Two Crawley v Portsmouth Plymouth v Blackpool (7.30) Vanarama National Barrow v Tranmere, Braintree v Lincoln City Vanarama North Alfreton v Halifax, Stalybridge v Kidderminster, Telford v Brackley Vanarama South Weston v Wealdstone Evo-Stik Premier North Blyth Spartans v Frickley, Buxton v Ashton Utd, Halesowen v Stourbridge, Marine v Workington, Matlock v Coalvill, Rushall v Corby, Skelmersdale v Nantwich, Stafford v Sutton Coldfield, Warrington v Mickleover, Whitby v Spennymoor Evo-Stik Premier South Chesham v Frome, Cinderford v Cambridge City, Dorchester v Hayes, Leamington v Kettering Ryman League Burgess Hill v Harrow, Canvey v Worthing, Hendon v Billericay, Leiston v Tonbridge, Needham v Merstham, Wingate v Sudbury Buildbase FA Trophy, Quarter-final Replay Macclesfield v Dulwich Hamlet Scottish Championship Dunfermline v Queen of the South Scottish League One Livingston v Albion Scottish League Two Berwick v Clyde PREMIER LEAGUE WEST HAM (0) 1 CHELSEA (1) 2 Lanzini 90 Hazard 25 Att: 56,984 Costa 50 VANARAMA SOUTH Chelmsford 0 Maidenhead Utd 1 EVO-STIK PREMIER SOUTH Hitchin 2 Cirencester 1 EVO-STIK PREMIER NORTH Hednesford v Ilkeston (Postponed, waterlogged pitch)
SECOND TEST, Bangalore India 189 (Rahul 90; Lyon 8-50) & 213-4 (Pujara 79no, Rahul 51) v Australia 276 (Marsh 66, Renshaw 60; Jadeja 6-63) TOUR MATCH, Kurunegala Sri Lanka A 187-6 (Jayasuriya 83) v England Lions 184 (BellDrummond 51; Jayasuriya 5-35) Sri Lanka A won by 4 wkts
LADBROKES PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP, Llandudno, 1st Round: R O’Sullivan (Eng) bt L Wenbo (Chn) 5-1
NBA: Dallas 104 Oklahoma 89, Los Angeles Lakers 97 New Orleans 105
NHL: Anaheim 1 Vancouver 2, Colorado 0 St Louis 3, Arizona 1 Carolina 2
(7.45 unless stated) UEFA Champions League Round of 16, 2nd Leg Arsenal v Bayern Munich Napoli v Real Madrid Sky Bet Championship Birmingham v Wigan Blackburn v Cardiff Bristol City v Norwich Derby v Preston Fulham v Leeds Huddersfield v Aston Villa